Created during a 2017 Creative Fellowship at State Library of Victoria.

Collection of State Library of Victoria

ID: Work on paper of a vintage styled circus poster with red border filled with diversity tick boxes. The title reads “THE PROGRESSIVE ARTS INSTITUTION PREFERS THE CIRCUS OF THE OPPRESSED / MINORITY ARTISTS BRING THE POLITICAL HEAT / YET CONTAIN THE/ FLAME WITHIN THE FRAME”. There’s a sequin-shaped badge that reads “DIVERSITY WITHOUT ADVERSITY” and below a medium-brown-skinned femme with long black wavy hair and an awkward smile. They ride a tiger through a picture frame that’s on fire hanging in the gallery space, shaking hands with the ringmaster / curator on the other side who resembles the Marvel super villain Ringmaster, all in white tones with a red tie. The boundary on floor reads “PLEASE DO NOT CROSS THE LINE”, and block of text below illustration reads “ASTOUNDING ART TO LIBERALLY INSPIRE YOUR FORWARD-THINKING FIRE. /  LIVING CURIOSITIES CREATE INTRIGUING ARTIFACTS OF THEIR FEARLESS RESILIENCE / AND THEN PERFORM FOR YOU GRAND ACTS OF GRATITUDE FOR YOUR GENEROUS APPRECIATION. / WITNESS WILD BEASTS TAMED & TRAINED TO NEVER BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM”